Review: Becoming Edward by Faye Meredith

E-book: Becoming Edward by Faye Meredith

Pages: 187

Genre: Young Adult

Source: Sent from author

Short Synopsis: Rachel is a major fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Both Clive and Lewis have major feelings for Rachel. One of the boys starts to take things too far, and decides to actually become Rachel's obsession. Who will win Rachel's heart?

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to read the character's developments and see what crazy ideas they came up with.

Even before the Twilight craze started, Rachel was a major fan of Meyer's work. Her obsession with meeting her own Edward was starting to take over her life. After her friend's persuasion, Rachel agrees to go to the local bookstore and find a new read to obsess about.

While at the bookstore, she bumps into an attractive stranger named Lewis who invites her to a party. Rachel agrees, but while she's at the party, she sees Lewis for who he really is, and is not impressed. All the while, there is another friend named Clive whose had a major crush on Rachel and never really worked up the courage to confront her.

When Lewis finds out Rachel's obsession with Twilight, he decides to read the books as well so that they would have something in common to talk about. But Lewis decides to take things to the next level and starts to become Edward himself by dressing, and acting just like Edward. Can Rachel save Lewis from himself before it's too late? And can Clive compete with Lewis and win over Rachel?

I enjoyed reading this novel. The characters were really interesting and I don't think I've read a plot quite like this before. There were a couple things that bothered me though. I wasn't too pleased with how Kat acted, and Clive should have stood up to Kat, and told Rachel the truth about the fight. I was actually rooting for Clive, and felt that Lewis was a complete jerk most of the time. I also felt that Rachel, the main character, never really stopped to think why Clive was doing the things he did, or why Lewis was acting the way he did. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I felt that Rachel was pretty selfish, or maybe just clueless as to why the boys were acting this way. All in all, it was still an entertaining read, that kept me wanting to find out what happened next.

Would I recommend this book: Yes

Rating: I give this book a 3.5/5.